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I have been trying to figure out if the February security and quality rollup KB4074594 for W8.1 contains the fix for the system crashes caused by PIC/APIC dual conflict on some systems. That issue was in the January patches and a separate KB was issued to address the problem. I trying to determine if the February rollup includes the fix in one stop install. If anyone knows, I would appreciate the feedback.

To be on the safe side, I would download and install KB4077561.
KB4074594 documentation says it contains the fixes contained in the Jan Preview KB4057401, but the documentation on KB4057401 says that the PIC/APIC is a known issue with that patch. So it is really not clearly stated.

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